Brumfield Genealogy and other Branches and Trees: February 2023

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Mary Johnson Enslaved Part 6

Mary Johnson never returned to Maryland to live permanently. She married George Andrews both who were no longer enslaved remained in the same geographic area that had become their home. It was through school records that I looked for information concerning George and Mary Johnson Andrews and their children. In the segregated post-Civil War south, racial designations of colored and white are present in many records. School records were not an exception. The geographic locality of many families can often be found by race in the school records. In the Pike County, Mississippi colored school records I found the names of Andrews children. In the 1878 school census the surname is spelled Anders.

Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-PV97-Y5?cc=1856425&wc=M6NC-9NT%3A167436801%2C167437302 : 18 September 2015), Pike > 1878 > image 115 of 200; Government Records, Jackson.

Transcribed 1878 Pike County School Census

NAME	AGE	SEX
Anders Dav	16	male
Anders Margret	14	female
Anders Easter	10	female
Anders Courtney	8	female
Anders Louisa	6	famale

The Andrews family was enumerated in the 1880 Federal Census. George Andrews was a farmer and Mary keeps house. It is important to note that Mary Andrews birth place was identified as "Md" Maryland. Emma J. was latter identified as Jane.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB7-7R4?cc=1417683&wc=XW8V-BZ9%3A1589407292%2C1589395692%2C1589394818%2C1589394807 : 24 December 2015), Mississippi > Pike > Beat 1 > ED 37 > image 30 of 61; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)

Transcribed Pike County, Mississippi Federal Census 1880

NAME	COLOR	SEX	AGE	RELATIONSHIP	OCCUPATION
Andrews George	B	M	59		Farmer
Mary	B	F	50	wife	housekeeper
David	B	M	19	son	farm hand
Easter	B	F	14	daughter	farm hand
Laura	B	F	8	daughter	at home
Marrine	B	F	6	daughter	at home
Willie	B	M	5	son	at home
George Jr	B	M	4	son	at home
Emma J	B	F	1/12 May	daughter	at home

Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-PV9F-WD?cc=1856425&wc=M6NC-7P8%3A167436801%2C167437202 : 18 September 2015), Pike > 1885 > image 6 of 178; Government Records, Jackson.

George Andrews is listed with his children in the Pike County 1885 and 1890 school census. The 1890 record is especially important because most of the 1890 federal census was destroyed in a fire. Unfortunately, I did not record the complete citation for the 1890 school census. I obtained the information at the Allen County Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Transcribed Pike County, Mississippi School Census 1885